Peter Murphy is Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at La Trobe University and formerly Professor of Arts and Society at James Cook University. His books include Stranger Cities: Australian Creation and the Ambidextrous Mind, a Profile of Portal Modernity (2023), The Political Economy of Prosperity: Successful Societies and Productive Cultures (2020), Universities and Innovation Economies: The Creative Wasteland of Post-Industrial Society (2015) and Civic Justice: From Greek Antiquity to the Modern World (2001).